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Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

Displaying the Waveform Window

An audio file can be displayed with or without a waveform displayed. The waveform is a graphic depiction of the sound levels of an audio file.

To Display the Waveform Window

  1. To show the waveform window, click the Show Wave Window button.

  2. To hide the waveform window, click the button again.

    The button is a toggle, changing from Show Wave Window to Hide Wave Window and back again to Show Wave Window as it is clicked.

    If stereo viewing is enabled, the window depicts levels and volume individually for left and right channels.

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To Start Audio With the Waveform Displayed

  1. Choose Startup from the Options menu.

    The Options dialog box is displayed, with Startup selected as the Category. If the Options dialog box is already displayed, choose Startup from the Category menu.

  2. Click Waveform View Enabled or Stereo View Enabled.

  3. Click OK.

    The Options dialog box closes. The next time you start Audio the monaural or stereo waveform will be displayed. The Stereo View Enabled button is inactive if the current audio file is in monaural format.